I currently do not have a dog in this fight, but a couple of things to be aware of...
Some really good work has made it into the kernel recently. In specific the "tickless" clock (3.8.10+) and refinements to RT_PREEMPT. The latest stable release is 3.12.2, and that is the kernel I would likely target if it were me. On the RTAI side of things, I would be interested in seeing a kernel support chart. I actually looked around and could not find one. On LinuxCNC's ToDo Wiki I see they are working on 3.4.55. Xenomai I have no experience with yet. I am sure that there are others that can advice you on this. If you are focusing on Ubuntu, remember that anything version 11 and below are slated for EOL fairly soon, so I would stick with at least version 12 or newer, and the current release is in the 13 range. Other than that, someone should have a plan chart around. Looking at the Wik <http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Todo-2.6> There are a number of tasks that I would not expect understanding the code deeply (like getting the build bot working on Handy, and help with the translation mess). Are these things you could help with? Are there any other things not on the ToDo list? EBo -- On Dec 1 2013 2:31 PM, Brian Morel wrote: > I've been lurking for quite a while, and I'm trying to get up to > speed with > the system to help out. I'm currently setting up a dev. environment > to > test/learn the software. My plan is to build and test the three main > RT > Kernels with the Unified Build branch. My question is: has it been > determined what base system is planed on being used for 2.6. I've > seen > Ubuntu Precise mentioned on the list and on the TODO page. Is there > a > specific version of Precise that would be used? I am currently > installing > Xubuntu on my dev. system since the default Unity install was very > slow. > Also, is there a specific kernel version that is going to be > utilized? I > know Precise shipped with either 3.2 or 3.4, but the latest point > release > is including a 3.8 series kernel. I think that would match up better > with > the BBB kernel that is being used with Machine Kit. It seems that > RTAI , > Xenomai and RT_Prempet all theoretically support 3.8, and my plan was > to > test this. > > Thanks, > > Brian Morel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most > IT > organizations don't have a clear picture of how application > performance > affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into > your > Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of > AppDynamics Pro! > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
